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Dan Katchongva Hopi People, Arizona; 1865-1972
Sources: Excerpted from a booklet, The Hopi Story Teachings, History, and
Prophecies of the Hopi People. As told by the late Dan Katchongva, Sun Clan.
Translated by Danagyumptewa. The identity of the editor (the person who did the
excerpting) is not known to me.
Summary
The booklet sets forth prophetic elements of the traditional oral and written
history of the Hopi People. Apparently, the coming of the White race was
foreseen. There are to be two great wars (WWI and II) and then a final
cataclysmic event, which will lead to either global purification or
destruction. It will involve extensive natural disasters and war. This event
will occur under the sway of the Red Symbol, a supernatural entity of whom it
is said, "Humble people will run to him in search of a new world, and the
equality that has been denied them. He will come unmercifully. His people will
cover the Earth like red ants." Through this "purification" the earth will be
healed: "Mother Earth will bloom again and all people will unite into peace and
harmony for a long time to come." There is a chance, though, that the Hopi
People will be utterly destroyed, and the rest of us with them.
Commentary
The Hopi prophecies are among the most important from the Native American
community. However, a number of versions have been published. Is this one the
most authoritative and accurate? (If not, which one is?) Were the prophecies
related to the outside world, or committed to writing internally, before World
War I and/or II? This would help confirm their authenticity.
>From the booklet:
INTRODUCTION
In a talk recorded on January 29, 1970, Dan told the story of the People of
Peace, from the dawn of time to the attacks which led to the founding of
Hotevilla in 1906, the school, money, and police systems which threaten to end
the Hopi Way within this generation; and the consequences for America and the
world.
The thought of publishing his talk grew from the recognition that those causing
this tragedy, and the millions who support them, could not persist, had they
but a glimpse of the purpose behind Hopi resistance to foreign control. Dan
agreed to the publication of this booklet on condition that it never be sold,
insisting that to sell Hopi teachings would be like selling his own mother.
In addition to the prophecies fulfilled during his lifetime, Dan was told by
his father that he would live to see the beginning of the final event of this
era, the Great Day of Purification. Dan Katchongva died in 1972.
[Editor's Note: This story tells of the beginning of life, the creation of
people by the Great Spirit and the giving of the Great Spirit's laws to live
by. It tells of the Hopi people's emergence into the present world, and the
first meeting with the Great Spirit in this world, and the people's migration
to the four corners area in the Southwest, and the settling of the village of
Oraibi and the peace and happiness that surrounded their way of life. The story
then continues...]
ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER RACE FORETOLD
Time passed on, people passed on, and the prophecies of things to come were
passed from mouth to mouth. The stone tablets and the rock writing of the life
plan were often reviewed by the elders. Fearfully they waited as they retold
the prophecy that one day another race of people would appear in their midst
and claim our land as his own. He would try to change our pattern of life. He
would have "a sweet tongue" or a "fork tongue" and many good things by which we
would be tempted. He would use force in an attempt to trap us into using
weapons, but we must not fall for this trick, for then we ourselves would be
brought to our knees, from which we might not be able to rise. Nor must we ever
raise our hand against any nation. We now call these people Bahanna.
THE FORCES OF PURIFICATION
We have teachings and prophecies informing us that we must be alert for the
signs and omens which will come about to give us courage and strength to stand
on our beliefs. Blood will flow. Our hair and our clothing will be scattered
upon the earth. Nature will speak to us with its mighty breath of wind. There
will be earthquakes and floods causing great disasters, changes in the seasons
and in the weather, disappearance of wildlife, and famine in different forms.
There will be gradual corruption and confusion among the leaders and the people
all over the world, and wars will come about like powerful winds. All of this
has been planned from the beginning of creation.
We will have three people standing behind us, ready to fulfill our prophecies
when we get into hopeless difficulties: the Meha Symbol (which refers to a
plant that has a long root, milky sap, grows back when cut off, and has a
flower shaped like a swastika, symbolizing the four great forces of nature in
motion), the Sun Symbol, and the Red Symbol. Bahanna's intrusion into the Hopi
way of life will set the Meha symbol in motion, so that the four great forces
of nature (the four directions, the controlling forces, the original force)
will rock the world into war. When this happens we will know that our
prophecies are coming true. We will gather strength and stand firm.
This great movement will fall, but because its subsistence is milk, and because
it is controlled by the four forces of nature, it will rise again to put the
world in motion, creating another war, in which both the Meha and the Sun
Symbol will be at work. [My note: apparently referring to the swastika-like
Meha (Germany) in conjunction with the Rising Sun (Japan)] Then it will rest in
order to rise a third time. Our prophecy foretells that the third event will be
the decisive one. Our road plan foretells the outcome.
This sacred writing speaks the word of the Great Spirit. It could mean the
mysterious life seed with two principles of tomorrow, indicating one, inside of
which is two. The third and last, which will it bring forth, purification or
destruction?
The third event will depend upon the Red Symbol, which will take command,
setting the four forces of nature (Meha) in motion for the benefit of the Sun.
When he sets these forces in motion the whole world will shake and turn red and
turn against the people who are hindering the Hopi cultural life. To all these
people Purification Day will come. Humble people will run to him in search of a
new world, and the equality that has been denied them. He will come
unmercifully. His people will cover the Earth like red ants. We must not go
outside to watch. We must stay in our houses. He will come and gather the
wicked people who are hindering the red people who were here first. He will be
looking for someone whom he will recognize by his way of life, or by his head
(the special Hopi haircut) or by the shape of his village and his dwellings. He
is the only one who will purify us. The Purifier, commanded by the Red Symbol,
with the help of the Sun and the Meha, will weed out the
wicked who have disturbed the way of life of the Hopi, the true way of life on
Earth. The wicked will be beheaded and will speak no more. This will be the
Purification for all righteous people, the Earth, and all living things on
Earth. The ills of the earth will be cured. Mother Earth will bloom again and
all people will unite into peace and harmony for a long time to come.
But if this does not materialize, the Hopi traditional identity will vanish due
to pressure from Bahanna. Through the whiteman's influence, his religions, and
the disappearance of our sacred land, the Hopi will be doomed. This is the
Universal Plan, speaking through the Great Spirit since the dawn of time.
The Hopi have been placed on this side of the Earth to take care of the land
through their ceremonial duties, just as other races of people have been placed
elsewhere around the Earth to take care of her in their own ways. Together, we
hold the world in balance, revolving properly. If the Hopi nation vanishes, the
motion of the Earth will become eccentric, the water will swallow the land, and
the people will perish. Only a brother and a sister may be left to start a new
life.
[Editor's Note: there is more history here about the faithful Hopi meeting
their test, encounters with the U.S. government and the consequences of that,
the eviction of Hopi from Oraibi, the founding of Hotevilla village and further
persecution by the U. S. government, and the continuation of troubles as of
1970, the date of this talk.]
Continuing the narrative from the booklet...
We know certain people are commissioned to bring about the Purification. It is
the Universal Plan from the beginning of creation, and we are looking up to
them to bring purification to us. It is in the rock writings throughout the
world, on different continents. We will come together if people all over the
world know about it. So we urge you to spread this word around so people will
know about it, and the appointed ones will hurry up with their task, to purify
the Hopi and get rid of those who are hindering our way of life.
I have spoken. I wish this message to travel to all corners of this land and
across the great waters, where people of understanding may consider these words
of wisdom and knowledge. This I want. For people may have different opinions
about some things, but because of the nature of the beliefs upon which this
Hopi life is based, I expect that at least one will agree, maybe even two. If
three agree it will be worth manyfold.
I am forever looking and praying eastward to the rising sun for my true white
brother to come and purify the Hopi. My father, Yukiuma, used to tell me that I
would be the one to take over as leader at this time, because I belong to the
Sun Clan, the father of all the people on the Earth. I was told that I must not
give in, because I am the first. The Sun is the father of all living things
from the first creation. And if I am done, the Sun Clan, then there will be no
living thing left on the Earth. So I have stood fast. I hope you will
understand what I am trying to tell you.
I am the Sun, the father. With my warmth all things are created. You are my
children and I am very concerned about you. I hold you to protect you from
harm, but my heart is sad to see you leaving my protecting arms and destroying
yourselves. From the breast of you mother, the Earth, you receive your
nourishment, but she is too dangerously ill to give you pure food. What will it
be? Will you lift your father's heart? Will you cure your mother's ills? Or
will you forsake us and leave us with sadness to be weathered away? I don't
want this world to be destroyed. If this world is saved, you all will be saved
and whoever has stood fast will complete this plan with us, so that we will all
be happy in the Peaceful Way.
People everywhere must give Hopi their most serious consideration, our
prophecies, our teachings, and our ceremonial duties, for if Hopi fails, it
will trigger the destruction of the world and all mankind. I have spoken
through the mouth of the Creator. May the Great Spirit guide you on the right
path.
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